Pointing

~ My Old House

The house has been re-pointed with cement mortar. This is unsuitable for old properties and will over time cause bricks to spall. Ideally, lime mortar should be used on period brickwork

Cement pointing on ground floor wall
Cement pointing on ground floor wall
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However, removing (‘raking out’) cement mortar in order to re-point using lime may itself cause damage to the brickwork.

Contrast between pointing in lime (left) & cement (right)
Contrast between pointing in lime on left and in cement on right
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…So my dilemma: to rake out and re-point or not?

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